USDA Taking Comments On Supplement, OTC Exclusion From Organic Program
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
A "scope document" stating dietary supplements and OTCs cannot be certified as "organic" under the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Organic Program (NOP) will be made available for public comment
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